Comments on: Optical illusion tees look different depending on your perspective

By: Keith Jackson

Keith Jackson — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:33:00 +0000

Ha! As soon as I saw this I thought “Well, isn’t that a sight for sore eyes.”

By: David Carroll

David Carroll — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:25:00 +0000

This can work for buildings too:
http://johnfowler.photoshelter.com/image/I0000k_WWQVfSHko

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:14:00 +0000

I agree that it’s not necessarily that original or even very effective at its purported purpose, but I still think it’s pretty neat.

I’m not into the whole skulls thing myself, and I rarely wear graphic t-shirts, but if these came in different designs and if I had money I’d be tempted. It’s a cool effect even if it’s been done before. I like this version more than similar things I’ve seen in the past.

The non-skull one they have I like too, but I think it’d be better with a different image. The boobs (which I assume is the “R-rated” part they’re mainly referring to) and other bits are clearly recognizable no matter how you look at it. Something more extreme (like the hidden skull that @twitter-87239128:disqus refers to, I’ve always liked that one) would be better.

Might have to rip off this idea myself. I can think of some more geeky type things that might work well.

By: graywh

graywh — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:44:00 +0000

Wait, they still print newspapers?

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:40:00 +0000

I stand corrected.

By: Stephen Schenck

Stephen Schenck — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:37:00 +0000

Nope. Ben Day dots aren’t of varying size like this, and are used for color reproduction. This is a simple halftone.

And wadya mean how newspapers USED to be printed?

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:20:00 +0000

Not an optical illusion. It’s the way photos in newspapers used to be printed called “Ben Day dots”. It allows gradation in B&W images. These t-shirts use blown up Ben Day dots, like looking at an old newspaper photo with a magnifying glass.

By: chris jimson

chris jimson — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:05:00 +0000

Looks like the “hidden” skull from that Hans Holbein painting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambassadors_%28Holbein%29

By: renke

renke — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:22:00 +0000

Zelda pants and camouflage tattoos would be more interesting

By: Jason Carl

Jason Carl — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:10:00 +0000

Goddammit, I have to sweat off my love handles.

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:00 +0000

Who doesn’t?

By: registeringforyetanotheraccoun

registeringforyetanotheraccoun — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:53:00 +0000

And the guy modelling is wearing camouflage pants and has a Zelda tattoo.

By: alfanovember

alfanovember — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:52:00 +0000

Whoah… It …. WORKS!

By: inedible

inedible — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:40:00 +0000

You can make your own with a program called Rasterbator.

Anyways, I don’t think that this qualifies as an optical illusion any more than the screen you’re looking at now. If you press your face up against it, you see red green and blue dots, but from a distance you can read this text. So what?

By: nox

nox — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:31:00 +0000

I can’t be the only one who finds the r-rated ones to be completely obvious regardless of perspective. Think we should warn them?

By: Rider

Rider — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:26:00 +0000

I think saying these are optical illusions and look different depending on how you look at them is a bit of an overstatement.

By: Charles de Cosmos

Charles de Cosmos — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:20:00 +0000

Meh. No Fear and Mossimo have been doing this for decades.